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could eat him.
But says high spirits had vanished with the
arrival of her and. refusing CONSOLATION she
upstaiis to her own room, though when she got
there she wished hat she had asked Dinab exactly
what Mr.. Brummell had SAID IL was 80 nice ID him
to be sorry for her
Dinora meanwhile paced up and down the now
rearranged drawing-room, ponderlng over her
cousins troubles and wishing that she could
devise some plan by means of which she might
escape from the web. Presently she heard some
one leave the d,ning.room and lInser N the hall
did not wish TO listen. but the door was not quite
closed, and she could not avoid hearing what was
said
oh yes, do come downstairs Bring a shawl,
and will go into the conservatory
wish dared to-
Yes DO cole VERY Dersuasvely).
am so afraid Of him-still-do you think l
Yes Do come (stll moro persuasivey). we
will slip INTO the conservatory by the little side
door and no one will guess where we are. / must
have quiet word with you. Will you comet
A slight scufle ensued, as of hssty footsteps
escaping round distant corner, and door was
quietly closed. Dipah felt inclined to cheer.
Again the dning-room door was opened
What shall l dot she thought. If Oliver
finds me here he will ask for Sally, and Will per-
haps send me to find her.
She was prompt and full of resource and the
next moment, as a hand was laid on the door
handle, she slipped behind the curtains and stood
| ROOM The step was almost too brisk to be Mr..
Iremaynes; and surely Oliver never hummcd
snatches OF comic songs. 1t must be Mr.. McTavlsh.
What was he attempting nOwf She put her fan TO
her lips and shook with laughter, as after q few
| Intellectual attempts, he burst out with
Go. dress yourself Dnah in gorgeous array,
And I'll bring youa husband both handsome and gay
What lucky man he will bel
What was he DONG Showing the chairs about
| Oh. indeed opening the photograph albums. What
deep sigh Who can the fair enslaver DO who
eyokes such a sight Moving about again the
Fates forbid that he should discover her hidden
behind the curtain. Ahl what mercy He has
| left the IOOm No-yes. What heavy step IN the
halll Is he coming back again Botberation
| How can she manage TO escapef No, he has gone
into the library. What is that funny snoring
noise-a sort of wheeling snortf Oh. of course IL
must be Aunt Vera's spaniel. Fldo will discover
her at once, so she may we'll come out while the
room is empty. Yes, that is Fido wheeling.
| Then, finging aside the curtani
Was he q dear old doody aud did quite sur
| prise him Obi For out Of the deep velvet arm.
chair rose Mr.. Tremayne. awful IN his politeness.
/ beg your pardon. did not know that you were
| In the ROOM she added hastily.
hat Is remark which Imay repeat he said
biandly, In the particularly superior tone which
always enragei her
Pray Sit down again. abe said sharply.
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THE BOY PIANIST.

london Letter IN the HtadeEphd Teeordph
can't say that admire precociOus youngsters Boy
and girl would send homo 10 bed once and
juvenile musicians are generally better appreciated tue
farther they away But have had ia London this
little chap who has quito oaptivatsd the hearts
Of musical ladies' from Royalty downward, and whom
miration. Master Josef Holman 10 certainly entitled to
the Of tue wonderful boy pianist At an ago whom
most boys would be- thinking about candy and cake this
young walks boldly uto the works Of the chief COM
posers. and what Is more. performs them Ia most
of tho Philharmonic society walking coolly TO the
pianororts vsrtblo pigmy comparison to the hugo
orchestra which accompany him In one OF Beotno
vens concerts He had 10 climb 10 tho panoorte, and IL
was amusing, after each noveneat To SOC him Chamber
up aud 10 receive tho pladits OF the auence But
Wllhal he played In manner which put many veteran
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THE DESTRUCTIVE POWER OF ToRPEDoss

The destructive power Of torpedoes was recently Illus.
trated in the Resistance experiments; but no cxace
Of their action has yet been published far -
know, Of their In actual warfare. Although the
destruction OF the Chinese corvette Yang wo during
the fight between French and the Chinese Foochow
has almost forgotten authentic report of the
counter has reached US Tho account just given Of
Is therefore doubly interesting The writer says
that the French navshp had two torpedo boats
her at the Rangways The ship about 300 yards
below the Yang NO. As As the firing commenced
both boats attacked tho Chinese vessel Tho rst one
gangway-starboard side. No damage whatever was
tho ships the officer In charge Of the torpedo
tho torpedo. The other had In the meantime ATTACKED
the ship forward little abaft the cathead tho same
side This torpedo In direct contact with the ship
The efcct that when the torpedo exploded 1t pen
srated the fore magazine rather the fire from 1t did
demolished This all happened within three min:
The remainder Of the wreck drifted ashore, ana
burned for several days The Yang W0 was wooden
corvette Of fourteen gunA The torpedoes used wers
booms-contact Ones
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A WIFES REVENGE,

From Galtgnanfs Inervsw ph the Director Of Charsnton
Are sane people ever locked up here by accident
NJ. Dumansini
81 have heard Of such case. But the victim
released within thirty-six hours. He had had q
violent quarrel with his vito and she had locked
up while she went Tor the police. Wnen the polioe
ened to shoot the first person who laid hands on
him. doctor was summoned-ho hoard the thu eats
"a certificate signed and the gentleman was
brought to Clarendon. He protested he was not
mad advised him to write ~ his friends. One
0frioiai at the Prefecture do Police. / sent
his letters for him. A few hours afterward his
friends arrived. The mistake was explained, and
outing"
No, cir. I don't believe In the charges OF
criminal sequestrauon that are being flung about so
freely Just now cannot think Ut any In France and
only q few have been proved In England II you
think nothing VI our honor and our regulations, do
you suppose have fear VI the Court Of Assizes u
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AT THE BABY SHOW.

Babies, half o dozen scoe,
rive months oid-Or less, or more
Tagged In lines along tho floor.
Ladies chokcd In fondlng smothers,
Galcd oil jealousy by mothers,
Lightly scOrned by sons and brothers
paDies red-heldsd, babies bald
Babies bc-swaddled, babies be-shawled,
pabics that slobbeled. babies that sQualko !:
D1ndled babies, babies slrawing;
Fallen babies, babies falling;
LADIES crowned with heads appalling,
tables goggling In their throttles;
Babies juggling at their bottles;
l.aDies flushing into notifies.
i.et us leave these infant gabiesi
stranger, "quod pctisti, haDes"-
Babies, babies, babies, babiesl
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minds me so much of some one / have seen, but
cannot remember whO.'
Sally laughed mischievously. The original is "A
man whom / adore. He possesses all my young at
fectiOns she sud, and as she saw that the wished
Tor odd expression came stealing Claude's
face she danced round the barrow and then trun-
oiled 1t Oft In the direction of the orchard. But tine
bonfire had not been lighted. and so she SGT her bur-
den upon the cucumber frames.
1t will make capital tastle- b0gle' said Sandie.
Dinora looked on IN amusement, while Sally clasped
her hands, aud at that moment Lady Vera's maid
came stepping across the orchard with the message
that her mistress had seen Miss Bethune from her
windows as she crossed the lawn. and that she
wished Miss Bethune to come TO her room soon
as she returned to the house. Dnora shook her
head In dIsnag. but Sally gave one desparing cry
and lhen fed to the sbrubbery, where she and
Claude spent the remainder of the day beneath the
apple trees, only emerging now and then TO make a
rad on the strawberry beds HO ever, when tea
time arrived the panRs of hunger assaiied them,
and they returned 10 the house, where Sally Or
dered piles of mullins TO be brought up for tea.
Lady Vera upstairs wondered why the drawing
room bell was rung three times with such short
pauses between the peals. And 1t was well that
she was unaware that as each peal was answered
Dinora said. calmly: More muffins.'
i love to be greedy said sally marching off to
a distant corner OF the room with big muffin ON
her plate, Claude following with the Ueacups.
Besides, Mr. Brummell, yOu know that prisoners
are always allowed TO have one specially good meal
| before execution.
What does Miss Bethune mean by this dark
| saylngr asked Claude, turning to Dinora. But
Dinora and Sandie were engrossed In consultation
on paimIsrry.
| These bumps mean sympathy said sandie,
touching her i've fnger-tips with revereDtial
hand.
Am sympathetic 2 she asked in pleased tone.
1T is hand that can give and yet hand that
can hold, he continued pouring over the network
of lines in the pink palm. Now look at that line
it Is the line OF iiie-let ma see-bend your hand q
little more-what an extraordinary lne-you GER
family ought to i've to hundred and ten. And
here, turn your thumb, over-yes-the course Of
| smooth
DO let me see what you are doing in.
| tcrposed Sally. This is q most interesting
they are doing Mr. McIavish can tell fortunes.
And this Is much more amusing way than with
| tea leaves or orange peel.
No, no. CRIED Sandie. do not ask me to tell your
| riddle N
| DO try she pleaded, eagerly. Il love this sort
| OF thing A gypsy once told me that my lite would
be Almost ruined by one man. and then be uneI-
Pectedly blessed by another man Isn't it interest
| ingY Only wish tnat she had told me their
names'
asked Claude.
Is- wore likely to upset the tea table If kneel
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NATURES MUSIC.

From The Youths Companion
Beyond the forest line
grove Of pine,
Towering Ger the deep
Upon the hill-slope steep,
beneath the midnight moon
Sings a low tune,
Ascending, though no ear
Is nigh 10 near,
Save Ills by Whose strong word
Is stiiled, or stirred,
The dIsta Jcc-ii0oding sea.
y heart, from thee,
Taught wisely To Oplne
All winds dlvine,
Let soulful melodies
Be ever his.
ISRAEL JORDAN.
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perfsrmsr - shame and IL was lst b - vsslsess -
That the Rcyaltiss present had him brUugt bsforS
and made much Of hin. e 70 b hspsd that to nrcS
adulston went poQ him rec bes>es thiass
He may be another Mozart Or he may lose al HI eAsr
Wken he gets into trousera
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.rI,r uousE OF yoY.

~FAIR HOUSE OF JoX'
Q rain would change that noe, "a m.
TO when fond love bath CHAR"
Long, long to cling BY rote,
Fancying that that hsrmd me-
Vet when fhis thought doth come
..Ioye v the perfect sum
or all delight.
have no other choice
Either for pen or voice
TO sing or write.
q Love. they wrong thee much
That say thy sweet 10 bitter,
when thy rich fruit is such
AZ nothing can be sweeter.
Fair house OF Joy and bliss
where truest pleasure iss
/ do adore thee:
know thee what thou art,
servo thee with my hearS
And fall before thee.
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SOMETHING REQUIRING ATTENTION.
From The PhsburG Chronicle
40, mother, what do you think" remarked the High
School girl. our minister has An amanuenss"
" ioa don't say" replied the old lady, wta much con-
ceru. [" IL he doctsriI for III"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-16
The Capital of VenezueIa.

Caracas, with its regular streets arranged after those of our American cities, has nu- merous shady squares and parks with lofty palm and evergreen trees, bananas, the bread fruit tree, mangoes, almond trees and lechosos. The patio or interior court of nearly every house in Caracas is nothing but beautiful flower garden, with tropical flow CTS in full bloom all the year around. The streets are well paved with cemented side walks, better kept than those of our great northern capitals During winter time it never rains, but a fine aqueduct, the work of Guzman Blanco, keeps houses, gardens and fountains, of which there is one in every square, we'll supplied with excellent water.
 Owing to the many earthquakes which Caracas experienced in bygone days, the houses are mostly one story high. Except the government buildings, there are very few houses two stories high, and, to my knowledge, none of three stories. Elevators and staircase climbing are, therefore, un> known things in Caracas, as, indeed, ill tn. whole of Venezuela. Ore would be liablo to think these one story buildings, with their fat roofs and long rows of grated windows, would give the streets Of Caracas dreary appearance, but nothing would be further from the truth, for windows and doors are all open, and, while the latter permit pass- ing glimpse at the beautiful flower beds and l,azz,,ri.1It platanas III the courtyard, the former are usually adorned with flowers of a far superior kind, with beautiful senoritas, whose like are not to be found all over Gen. tral America. Caracas is deservedly far famed for the beauty, grace and elegance of its ladies, but even the highest expectat of an unpoetical, scientific traveller ika my self fell far below the truth.-E. De Hesse Wartegg in New York Sun.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-16
Beauty of Persian Women.

After riding the bicycle about the garden walks for them. they clustered around to ex- amino the bicycle-and me too. The women of Kukuanaland were not a whit moro in- quisitive about Capt. Goods white legs King Solomon's Mines) than these black eyed houris of the Persian harem were about the first Ferenghi they had ever had an opportu- nifty of scrutinizing so closely. They were coquettish, too, these "grown up irrespon sible children" and they lifted their face veils and favored mo with no end of bewitch- ing smiles. They thought it rare fun to let the stranger from far off Frankestan gaze upon their Oriental loveliness.
 The flower of this interesting flock was a young creature not more than fifteen sum- mers old; her glorious black eyes seemed to cover we'll nigh half her soft childish fea- lures. And yet, as if this wero not sufficient, black lines were skillfully drawn to make them look still larger, still more languishing. Her complexion was a clean olive, with a flush of warm sunset on the checks. Her beauty, however, was entirely passive, purely animal; there was no intellectually there whatever; ten years later, or by the time she reached her twenty-fifth summer, she would already be old and faded. The beauty of Persia is very transitory; at an age when the western rose is seen at its best the morning glory of the Orient has already withered and died.-Thomas Stevens ill Courier-Journal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-16
Rest for the Nerves.

There is no better preventive of nervous exhaustion than regular, unhurried, muscu- lar exercise If we could moderate our hurry, lessen our worry and increase our open air exercise large proportion of nerv- ous diseases would be abolished.
 r. For. those who cannot get a sufficient holi- day the best substitute is an occasional day in bed. Many whose nerves are constantly strained in their daily vocation have discov- cred this for themselves. A Spanish mer- chant in Barcelona told his medical man that he always went to bed for two or three days whenever he could be spared from his busi- ness, and he laughed at those who spent their holidays on toilsome mountains One of the hardest worked women in England, who has for many years conducted large wholesale business, retains excellent nerves at an ad~ vanced age owing, it is believed, to her habit of taking one day a week in bed. If we can not avoid frequent agitation we ought, if possible, to give the nervous system time to recover itself between the shocks.
 Even an hours seclusion after good lunch will deprive hurried, anxious day of much of it's injury. The nerves can often be over- come by stratagem when they refuse to be controlled by strength of wil-Nineteenth Century.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-16
CHAPTER XXIII.

CONVERSION AND RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE.
 Those who remained in prison suffered scarcely less than their comrades. The bitterness of death was upon us also. We did not think that vengeance would stop with those who had fallen. The hope we had SO long cherished was overturned at q blow. In Knoxville we had urged that all should be tried together, or that the sen uence of one should stand for all. There was no reason for giving any preference to one over another, and no indication that such preference was to be given. But even if we had not believed that only few days or hours of prison life lay be- tween us and the scaffold, the parting from our loved friends, whose voices were yet lingering in our ears while they them selves had passed beyond the gates of death, was enough to break the stoutest heart There were tears then in eyes that would not have quivered in the presence of any danger.
 But could not shed tear. A cloud of burning heat rushed to my head, and fever seemed to scorch through every vein. For hours I scarcely could realize where was or the loss that had been suf- fered. Every glance around the room, revealing the vacant places of friends, would bring our sorrow freshly upon us again. Grief for our comrades and appre- hension for ourselves were inseparably blended. The audiences of the shock by which we were separated seemed to reveal spirit that forbade us to hope, while it was a terrible aggravation of the pain of parting. Thus the afternoon hours slowly drifted by under shadow too dark for words. No one ventured as yet to speak of hope.
 The first distraction in this terrible hour
 we owed to our friendly jailer. He asked
 us if we would like to be all put in one room.
 TO BE CONTINUED.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-16
Sign of a Tobacco Chewer.

'sI want chew of tobacco" whispered Q man in a crowded court room to 0 friend. 'I wonder who I'll ask"
 His friend looked around from one to an- other until his glance rested on a little man with big mustache only half concealing his mouth agape.
 "There," he said, "there's your man."
 He got the coveted leaf, then returning, with some curiosity asked: "How did you know he had anya"
 ''Because he keeps his mouth wide open. That shows that he is an inveterate chewer A great many chew and keep their mouths shut, but you can depend upon it that nine times out of ten the man who keeps his mouth open, with his under jaw hanging down as if weighted with load of some foreign sub stance, uses the weed. ."-Buffalo News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-16

their foes. Caps. Fuller had attended laany military executions during the war, for such things were fearfully frequent on the Confederate side; yet he says that he never saw men die as bravely as these. With uncovered faces they looked steadily and serenely on the surrounding foe. But they were not to die without word of testimony that should be long remem- bered, and which to some hearts then present seemed the death knell of the Con- federacy.
 Wilson was their spokesman. He asked permission to say a word before death, and 1t was freely accorded. Possibly the surrounding hundreds expected to hear some word of pleading or confession some solution of what still seemed mys- terious in the great raid. But if so they were mistaken. I have received an ac- count of this address from more than q score of persons who were present-sol- diers, citizens and negroes-and it made the same impression on all. Wilson was born orator, and he now spoke with marvellous skill and persuasive eloquence He had conquered fear and banished all resentment; and his calm and dispassion- ate earnestness was such as became a man on the threshold of another world
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-16
Two Sermons n Weeks

Says clergyman who is on the editorial staff of a religious paper: "Large churches which are looking for pastor now demand a very high order of ability, which is all right; but they look for men who can preach 8 star sermon every Sunday in the year, which is all wrong. To use a newspaper illustration, no preacher on earth can preach two double leaded sermons a week year in and year out And O clergyman who tries to do it either breaks down or is driven to appropriate the striking thoughts, if not the words, of other preachers In the case of one clergyman who was proved to have plagiarized a few years ago, I happen to know that he was tempted to do so because his people expected a crack sermon from him every week, and he knew they would soon leave him if he did not give it to them Of course, this does not justify him, but it lifts some of the blame from his shoulders"- New York Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-16

The expedition, in the daring of it's inception, had the wildness of Q romance; while in the gigantic and overwhelming results it sought and was likely io obtain it was absolutely sublime- JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL HoLr's OFFICIAL RE PORT.
 It was all the deepest laid scheme, and on the grandest scale, that ever emanated from the brains of any number of Yankees combined THE SOUTHERN CoNrEpERACY (ATLANTA, GA.), April 15 1862
 Despite it's tragic termination, it shows what a handful of brave men could undertake in Amer ica.-CoMTE DE PARIS HISTORY OF THE CIvT. WAR IN AMERICA, vol 9, p. 1S7.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-16
CHAPTER XXI.
HEROISM ON THE SCAFFOLD.

HEROISM ON THE SCAFFOLD.
 The cemetery is beautifully located and finely kept. The scaffold had been built in a little wood at the southeastern side of the yard, then outside, but since in cluded in it's boundaries. A monument to the Confederate dead had since been erected in this cemetery, and Q large DOT tion of land deeded by the cemetery asso- ciation for their burial, and it was at the edge of this plot that the great tragedy took place. No element of melancholy horror was omitted. A shallow trench had been already dug within few feet of the 4ong and hideous scaffold, so that the men as they drove up could look upon their own open grave: The scaffold, which had just been completed, consisted of single long beam extending from one tree to another, to which the ropes were at tached, and 8 narrow platform of loose plank extending under this, so arranged that the knocking out of props would cause it to fall. A considerable number of spectators were present, but not nearly so many as attended the execution of An drews-no general gathering of the citi- zens being permitted-indeed the prepara- tiors had been carried on as secretly as possible.
 Capt. Fuller, who had chased the men
 
 Knoxville, was here also to see the end He had been moved to come by promise which he as Mason had made to Ross, that he would mark the spot of his burial, and notify his father, in Ohio. He was faithful to his promise, though the notif1- cation, owing to- the policy of the Con federate war department, could not be made until the close of the war.
 Our comrades mounted the scaffold by means of steps from behind, and then stood, all seven, side by side, with the ropes dangling beside them. At the foot of the steps Fuller shook hands with Ross, for whom he declares he had come to feel Q deep friendship. The clergymen, with their souls in indignant protest against the manner of death, had not accompanied the procession. There was no help, and in few moments death in it's most awful form was to come.
 Yet the bravery of the seven was such as to command the admiratl6n even of